Regular Expressions 101

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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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/
/
g

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import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(error|warning) at line (\\d+), column (\\d+), file \\((C:\\\\Users\\\\user\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\Temp\\\\domain-86428y6XVxOfw6523\\.pddl|C:\\\\Users\\\\user\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\Temp\\\\problem-86428UP0ka6cCyWMw\\.pddl)\\)\\s*:\\s*(.+)"; final String string = "Parser error at line 17, column 38, file (C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\domain-86428y6XVxOfw6523.pddl) : predicate \"ontable/1\" is undefined\n" + "Parser error at line 19, column 18, file (C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\domain-86428y6XVxOfw6523.pddl) : predicate \"ontable/1\" is undefined\n" + "Parser error at line 31, column 7, file (C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\domain-86428y6XVxOfw6523.pddl) : predicate \"ontable/1\" is undefined\n" + "Parser error at line 4, column 59, file (C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\problem-86428UP0ka6cCyWMw.pddl) : predicate \"ontable/1\" is undefined\n" + "Parser error at line 5, column 3, file (C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\problem-86428UP0ka6cCyWMw.pddl) : predicate \"ontable/1\" is undefined\n" + "Parser error at line 5, column 15, file (C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\problem-86428UP0ka6cCyWMw.pddl) : predicate \"ontable/1\" is undefined\n" + "Parser error at line 5, column 27, file (C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\problem-86428UP0ka6cCyWMw.pddl) : predicate \"ontable/1\" is undefined\n" + "Parser error at line 5, column 39, file (C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\problem-86428UP0ka6cCyWMw.pddl) : predicate \"ontable/1\" is undefined\n" + "parse files \"C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\domain-86428y6XVxOfw6523.pddl\" and \"C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\problem-86428UP0ka6cCyWMw.pddl\": no ok"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); while (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0)); for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i)); } } } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html